2 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter
3 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. baking soda
2 Tbsps. hot water
4 cups flour
1 heaping tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
Cream sugar and butter, add eggs. Mix soda and hot water, add to mixture, mix well. Mix flour,
baking powder and salt and add to mixture one cup at a time. Add vanilla. Chill batter thoroughly.
This is a very soft dough, but it can be handled nicely if chilled. Roll and cut. Bake lightly at 350
degrees, do not overbake. Makes a soft cookie.

Snowball Cookies

Ingredients

(4 dozen)

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup softened butter or margarine
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup chopped walnuts
confectioner's sugar

Procedure

1.Preheat oven to
2.Grease cookie sheets lightly with unsalted shortening.
3.Sift together flour and salt.
4.Work butter in a bowl until creamy.
5.Add sugar and beat until well blended.
6.Add egg and vanilla and beat well.
7.Gradually add sifted dry ingredients, beating well after each addition. Stir in walnuts.
8.Shape dough into small balls about 3/4 inch in diameter.
9.Place balls about 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets. Bake 12-15 minutes or until
lightly browned.
10.Roll balls in confectioners sugar while still warm. Roll again in sugar when cooled.